Afghan security forces investigate the site of a suicide car bombing Tuesday at the gate to a NATO compound in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Carmen Gentile
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Afghan militants armed with explosives and firearms attacked a NATO compound early Tuesday just outside of Kabul, killing seven people and wounding several others.

The seven killed include four private security guards from Nepal, one Afghan guard and two Afghan truck drivers waiting to get inside the compound when the attack began.

Kabul provincial Police Chief Mohammad Ayuob Salangi said the attack was carried out by four men, one of whom rammed an explosives-laden truck into the compound's gate. The others were wearing suicide vests, Deputy Chief of Police Dawoud Amin said. All four ...